COMPANY NEWS

1. DELTA TELECOM, RUSSIA'S FIRST CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY, NOW OFFERS ITS
   CUSTOMERS A LATEST SYSTEM OF PROTECTION AGAINST PIRATING.
2. RUSSIAN CONCERN LUKOIL WILL GET NO JAPAN CREDITS.
3. NEW CARGO AIR PLANE AN-70T WILL BE MANUFACTURED BY THE JOINT STOCK COMPANY
   AVI.S OF THE CITY OF SAMARA (the former air plane plant).
4. GOVERNMENT OF TATARSTAN AND UKRAINE AGREED ABOUT SETTING UP AN OIL
   FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL COMPANY UKRTATNAFTA.
5. CELLULAR COMMUNICATION PROJECT IN YEKATERINBURG.
6. AIR PLANE INDUSTRY COMING FROM THE SKY DOWN TO THE EARTH.